IT Sr. Systems Engineer

beneschlaw; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

beneschlaw is seeking an IT Sr. Systems Engineer for our office in Columbus, Ohio. The position offers hybrid work flexibility and involves designing, building, and maintaining secure IT infrastructures.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in systems engineering, strong interpersonal skills, and expertise in virtualization and hybrid cloud solutions. Join us on our infrastructure team to make a significant impact!

Qualifications

• Over seven years of experience in systems engineering or cloud administration.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Flexibility to occasionally work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Oversee physical datacenter experience with virtualization/private cloud infrastructure.
• Manage relationships with external vendors and cloud providers.
• Design, configure, and maintain IT infrastructure hardware and software.

Skills

Datacenter virtualization

Hybrid cloud infrastructure

Network switching

Storage management

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V/SCVMM

Microsoft Azure

Active Directory

Customer service

Analytical skills

Education

Seven years of experience in systems engineering or cloud administration

Tools

Microsoft 365

SAN configuration

Job description

Benesch is proud to announce the opening for an IT Sr. Systems Engineer in our Columbus office! This position is hybrid and has work from home flexibility.

Position Summary

Do you thrive on designing, building, configuring and maintaining secure IT infrastructure? Does being responsible for an organization's IT system and serving as the primary Tier III troubleshooting point person sound like a challenge? Then you may be interested in our IT Sr. Systems Engineer position. This role is perfect for an individual who has a passion for hybrid cloud solutions and is looking to play a crucial role on Benesch's infrastructure team.

Essential Functions

1. Oversees the physical datacenter experience with virtualization/private cloud infrastructure.
2. Manages racking design and organization, cable management, redundancy, and growth planning.
3. Manages the relationships with external vendors and cloud providers.
4. Supports the premise to cloud migration, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud management.
5. Monitors, manages and forecasts changing requirements in prem and cloud infrastructure, generating and tracking KPIs for system performance and availability.
6. Designs, configures, and maintains IT infrastructure hardware, cloud, and software, including but not limited to Active Directory/GPOs, network infrastructure, VMware and HyperV clusters, Microsoft 365, Azure, and other infrastructure applications such as Config management, Monitoring, VPN, RDP, etc.
7. Partner with the security team on projects/requests for hardening, remediation, complying with client requirements, ISO requirements, and security controls assessments.
8. Assists in system monitoring, reviewing infrastructure and application logs, and verifying configured technical controls.
9. Server/system configuration management and IP address management – Build, manage, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot configuration management systems including all related components and systems firm-wide.
10. Participates in the coordination, installation, testing, and technical support of local and wide area wired and wireless networks.
11. Assists with deployment of new desktop and server operating systems and applications.
12. Assists with distribution of updates and patches across systems.
13. Assists with enterprise line of business application support. Provides Tier III support/troubleshooting.
14. Evaluates, tests, recommends, and implements specific software and network solutions.
15. Technical Documentation – Develop and maintain complete and accurate documentation of network layout, server hardware and software configurations, firewall and router configurations.
16. Research, install, analyze, test and evaluate applications, systems, policies, methodologies, processes, and procedures to ensure that the Firm's Server infrastructure and facilities meet the Firm's expectations and Service Level Agreements for availability, performance, growth, and functionality. Maintains documentation for network processes and procedures.
17. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The IT Sr. Systems Engineer should have over seven years of experience in systems engineering or cloud administration, along with strong interpersonal and analytical skills. The role requires excellent customer service, effective communication, and the flexibility to occasionally work evenings, weekends, and travel as needed. Candidates must be highly skilled in datacenter virtualization, hybrid cloud infrastructure, network switching, storage management, and virtualization clusters, with expertise in VMware vSphere, Hyper‑V/SCVMM, and SAN configuration. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Azure, Windows administration (including Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, Kerberos, Certificate Authority, and IIS), Microsoft 365, Azure technologies, and identity and access management is essential. Certifications in relevant technologies are preferred, and the position may involve up to 10% travel to other office locations.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

Benesch is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (where applicant is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations), medical condition, protected veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.